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Overview
Psychotherapy and counselling are general terms for interpersonal and relational intervention of treating mental and emotional disorders by engaging clients to vocalise their condition and related issues with a mental health professional.
Psychotherapists employ a range of techniques focusing on experiential relationship building, communication and behaviour modification. This often includes alleviation of distress, an increase in individual sense of wellbeing and reduction of subjective discomforting experiences. All these are designed to improve the mental health of a client, or to improve group relationships.
This course aims to equip students with theoretical counselling and psychotherapy skills. Students will be taught talk therapy techniques such as Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). These psychotherapy and counselling techniques can be also be applied to areas for personal development, relationships, workplace and family.
Apart from the counselling and psychotherapy theories and techniques, students will learn the emerging science of positive psychology and it’s applications to mental health and wellbeing.
Teacher-Student Ratio: 1:50.
Course Modules
- GPSY 01 Applications of Psychology (Trainer: Dr. Inderbir Sandhu/Dr. Lim Kok Kwang)
- GPSY 02 Applied Positive Psychology (Trainer: Deborah Thurley/Jana Dawson/Matthew Koh)
- GPSY 03 Introduction to Counselling, Psychotherapy and Coaching (Trainer: Laurence Ho/Tan Ming Chin)
- GPSY 06 Introduction to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) (Trainer: Dr. Tan Yeong Jeong)
- GPSY 07 Psychotherapy Practice and Ethics (Trainer: Gerald Boh/Tan Ming Chin)
Entry Requirement
- A recognised Bachelor Degree holder, or
- Mature candidates (30 years old and above) with a Diploma and minimum 8 years working experience*
- *All mature candidates are to be subjected to a one-to-one interview by the course leader to determine suitability for the course
English language requirement
- Pass in GCE ‘O’ Level English Language, or
- Pass in any GCE ‘A’ Level subject conducted in English, or
- IELTS 5.5, or
- TOEFL (Internet Based) 59, or
- Pearson PTE Academic 52
Course Assessment
Course Duration
Course Fee
SGD 10,422 w/GST
